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Back to normality - the GORCH FOCK is back!

Back to normality - the GORCH FOCK is back!

Gepostet von | 25 Mar 2022 | , , | 0

The German Navy's sail training ship ends its 171st training voyage abroad today. After an absence of more than four months, the berth at the naval base in Kiel is once again occupied. The first long training voyage after a long time in the shipyard. Sailing training and training voyage The training voyage took the three-masted barque to the Canary Islands at the end of 2021. Due to the pandemic, the sailing training did not start as planned from Santa Cruz de Tenerife. In the harbour of Malaga, 70 cadets from the Mürwik Naval School were then able to begin the planned sailing training on the training ship. The officer cadets also included cadets from friendly foreign nations such as France, Colombia, Senegal and Thailand. Meeting with...

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Ukraine: Russian landing ship set on fire

Ukraine: Russian landing ship set on fire

Gepostet von | 25 Mar 2022 | , , | 0

Ukrainian fighters have succeeded in striking a blow against the Russian navy. Film footage and short reports of a large Black Sea Fleet landing ship on fire are being spread on Twitter. According to Western experts, it is the "Orsk", an Alligator-class landing ship. It is said to have been hit by missiles. The shelling occurred in the port of Berdyansk, approx. 70 kilometres south-west of Mariupol - i.e. in the zone along the Sea of Azov that has been threatened by Russian forces since at least the outbreak of the war and was later controlled. The "Orsk" (BDK-69) is one of a maximum of seven available landing units of the Black Sea Fleet, three Alligator-class and four Ropucha-class. Two Ropucha were...

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Bundeswehr special fund: more seltzer, less champagne for the navy

Bundeswehr special fund: more seltzer, less champagne for the navy

Gepostet von | 24 Mar 2022 | , , | 5

Necessary digression: Federal budget On 16 March 2022, the Federal Government adopted the budget for 2022 as well as the key figures for 2023 and the financial plan up to 2026. One hundred billion euros are to flow into a special fund to equip the Bundeswehr. The necessary amendment to the Basic Law was also initiated by the cabinet. At 457.6 billion euros, the federal budget for 2022 will be lower than in the previous year. Due to the pandemic, it reached a record level of 556.6 billion euros. Eleven percent of the budget, 50.3 billion euros, is earmarked for Section 14, the defence budget (ESuT reported). Compared to the 8.2 per cent of 2021...

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The breadbasket of Europe: Ukraine

The breadbasket of Europe: Ukraine

Gepostet von | 24 Mar 2022 | , , , | 0

Blocked sea routes could trigger famine The war is not regional, it has an impact on the whole of Europe, indeed the whole world. In particular, the fact that Ukraine was the world's second-largest grain exporter before the war needs to be examined more closely. According to the figures for the 2019-2020 marketing year, Ukraine has become the second largest exporter in the world after the USA. It is also about global food security. Ukraine ranks second in barley exports, fourth in corn exports and fifth in wheat exports. In 2019, 65.4 million tonnes of grain and pulses were harvested from an area of 15.3 million hectares....

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SAAB: Mid-life upgrade for third Gotland-class submarine under contract

SAAB: Mid-life upgrade for third Gotland-class submarine under contract

Gepostet von | 21 Mar 2022 | , , , , | 0

The Swedish procurement authority Försvarsmaktens has commissioned Saab with the mid-life upgrade of "HMS Halland", the third submarine in the Gotland class. This was announced by the Swedish defence company on 18 March. "HMS Uppland" was the second submarine in the Swedish Navy's Gotland class to complete the refit in December 2021. The three Gotland-class submarines were built at Kockums in Malmö between 1992 and 1996, with "HMS Halland" entering service on 1 October 1997. "HMS Gotland" was able to demonstrate its capabilities in exercises with the US Navy during a long-term deployment on the US West Coast between 2005 and 2007. Saab received 2021...

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